TIDMCIRC

RNS Number : 5877B

Circle Holdings PLC

04 April 2017

 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or                                            Circle Holdings Plc 
  the underlying issuer                                                      Sedol B4V99J5 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please                                                 Change in share capital of Circle 
  specify):                                                    Holdings Plc 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                      (1) Lansdowne Partners International 
  subject to the                                                 Limited 
  notification obligation:                                       (2) Lansdowne Partners Limited 
  (iii)                                                          (3) Lansdowne Partners (UK) 
                                                                 LLP 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                 HSBC Client Holdings Nominee 
  (if different from 3.):iv                                      (UK) Ltd 
 
                                                                 (Registered Shareholders) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                     03/04/2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                        04/04/2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                            23%,22% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                    triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
-------------  -----------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                Number            Number             Number          Number of                % of voting 
                 of                of                 of shares       voting                   rights (x) 
                 Shares            Voting                             rights 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  -----------------  --------------  -----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
-------------      ------------    -------------    --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
   Ordinary 
    Shares      54,167,008        54,167,008                                    54,167,008                  21.84% 
               ----------------  -----------------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 JE00B4V99J57 
-------------      ------------    -------------      ------------    -------  ------------      --------    --------- 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration      Exercise/                          Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date            Conversion                         rights that                rights 
 instrument          (xiii)          Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
-----------------  --------------  ---------------------------------  -------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration       Exercise/         Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial         price          date             Conversion         rights instrument          rights (xix, 
 instrument                       (xvii)           period             refers to                  xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
---------------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------  -------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Warrants         GBP1.52         open             Any time                                     Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  ---------------  ----------------                             ------------  --------- 
                                                                     271,985                    0.11% 
-------------      ------------    -------------      ------------  -------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 54,438,993                                            21.95% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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 Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent 
  undertaking of Lansdowne Partners Limited which is the 
  First Corporate Member of Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                This Disclosure results from 
  13. Additional information:                                   the conversion of convertible 
                                                                shares to ordinary shares 
                                                                on 03.04.17 and is not a 
                                                                result of trading activity. 
                                                                Based on total voting rights 
                                                                of 247,797,188 and 271,985 
                                                                warrants. 
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 14. Contact name:                                              Ruari Paton 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                  +44 020 7290 5500 
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